The Documents section features digitized copies of documents relating to the history of the school. These documents include correspondence, graduation pamphlets, and other forms of ephemera, and have been digitized by Digital Resource Center staff. Today, these documents are preserved in a number of locations, including the Dickinson College Archives and Special Collections as well as private collections.
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March 6, 1900
John T. Doyle, the Secretary of the Civil Service Commission, forwards to the Secretary of the Interior a list of four women (Agnes M. Robbins, Nellie H. Nixon, Lida Jones, Katherine Riley) who are eligible to fill two vacant teacher positions at…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - Teachers
Format: Legal and Government Documents
View Document: Eligible Candidates for Teacher Position 1.25 MB
March 7, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt reports to the Office of Indian Affairs various items which have become worn out or otherwise unserviceable and requests action to their disposition.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Office Informed of Worn Out Property in March 1900498.74 KB
March 8, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt inquires of the Office of Indian Affairs if Miss Rice of the Phoenix Indian School will come to the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Inquiry into Miss Rice Reporting to Carlisle380.71 KB
March 9, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt responds to the Office of Indian Affairs regarding Miss Rice and asks that the Office send two from the Civil Service to report no later than March 15, 1900.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - General
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Office to Order Two Employees from Civil Service390.68 KB
March 10, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay for the additional electric light required for the schoolhouse addition.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Pay for Additional Electric Light483.57 KB
March 12-14, 1900
Dahney E. George, a member of the Cherokee nation and Carlisle graduate, applies to be a teacher in the Indian Service, preferably at her home in North Carolina.
Richard H. Pratt forwards George's application to the Commissioner of Indian…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Application for Employment from Dahney E. George1.98 MB
March 12, 1900 - March 26, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt forwards the outcome of a board of survey convened on March 12, 1900.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Forwards Board of Survey Report, 19001.43 MB
March 12, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase 60 embroidered band caps. Pratt notes that the band uniforms were produced at the school, but the caps are standard army caps with a harp and the words "Carlisle Indian Band" on them.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Purchase Embroidered Band Caps479.93 KB
March 13, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that Lida Jones has reported for duty as a teacher. Asks if additional teacher will be report by March 16, 1900.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - Teachers
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Office Informed Lida Jones has Reported for Duty372.25 KB
March 13, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt provides information and a recommendation for Minnie Finley to be a teacher in the Indian Service.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Provides Recommendation for Minnie Finley499.14 KB
March 13, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt requests to enroll Robert Depoe in order to allow him to attend the Carlisle High School as well as participate as a member of the band during the possible visit to Paris.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Re-Enroll Robert Depoe446.23 KB
March 15, 1900
Program listing for the 1900 commencement exercises of the Carlisle Indian School. The program lists student performances, school colors, the names of graduating students along with the words to the school song, "Comrades All."
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Format: Memorabilia and Ephemera
View Document: 1900 Commencement Program589.33 KB
March 16, 1900 - March 20, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt forwards letter from Lydia Dittes, a former employee, requesting his assistance in securing the principal teacher at the White Earth Agency School. Pratt includes his recommendation.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Indian School System
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Recommendation for Lydia Dittes for Principal Teacher Position at White Earth1.16 MB
March 20-22, 1900
John T. Doyle, the Secretary of the Civil Service Commission, forwards to the Secretary of the Interior a man who is eligible to fill the vacant assistant disciplinarian position at the Carlisle Indian School. Acting Secretary Thomas Ryan…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Legal and Government Documents
View Document: Eligible Candidates for Assistant Disciplinarian Position 304.36 KB
March 20, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that the Carlisle Indian School can produce five buck boards at a cost of $57 each delivered to the New York Warehouse.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Office Informed of Cost for Carlisle to Produce Buck Board Wagons514.31 KB
March 22, 1900
Anna S. Luckenbach requests a transfer to the Phoenix School as a clerk following the retirement of Miss Bourassa. Richard Henry Pratt forwards the request along with his recommendation.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Anna S. Luckenbach Requests Transfer to Phoenix Indian School685.04 KB
March 22, 1900 - March 27, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a report from school physician S. L. Diven regarding the health of a recent class of students.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Forwards Health Report of Recent Class of Incoming Students955.42 KB
March 23, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase 20,000 bricks on the open market as no bids were previously received.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Purchase 20,000 Bricks on the Open Market471.71 KB
March 24, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs inquiry regarding Fannie Harris' application for a position in the Indian Service.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Provides Recommendation for Fannie Harris446.31 KB
March 26-27, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a request from the school's librarian, Sara E. Smith, for a transfer or an increase in salary. Pratt recommends increasing her salary and if she is not happy then he endorses her transfer.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Sara Smith Requests Transfer or Increase in Salary1.35 MB
March 27, 1900
Richard H. Pratt forwards Jessie W. Cook's request to visit and study the public schools in Boston, Massachusetts. Cook works as a teacher.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Jessie W. Cook's Application for Leave of Absence 499.64 KB
March 29, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt forwards bids received for 3000 pounds of granulated sugar and 1000 pounds of rice to the Office of Indian Affairs.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Food and Dining
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Bids for Sugar and Rice Forwarded to Office481.34 KB
March 29, 1900
Cover letter of report correcting the legal residences of various employees of the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - Housing
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Cover Letter Covering Legal Residence of Various Employees490.87 KB
March 29, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt requests to turn over the Carlise Indian School Band instruments to the government accounting in order to reimburse the charity funds. Pratt also details the history of how he acquired instruments for the band.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Turn Over Band Instruments to Government1.01 MB
March 30, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt requests to change the salary of one of his assistant disciplinarians for the remainder of the fiscal year.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Change Assistant Disciplinarian Salary for Rest of 1900 Fiscal Year452.5 KB